Internet governance

With a busy week ahead for dialogues on digitalization, we’re highlighting three activities businesses everywhere should pay attention to, and why.

The biannual meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on the Digital Economy identified next steps on priority topics for business including Internet governance, privacy and cybersecurity and trade facilitation.

At the 8th Internet Governance Forum in Bali, ICC has highlighted that organizations managing the Internet and national regulatory infrastructures need to develop the proper policy environments to allow businesses and individuals to capitalize on the economic and societal benefits of the Internet.

Closing Address by Jeff Brueggeman, ICC BASIS Global Business Representative, Vice President-Public Policy & Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued a statement in strong support of freedom of expression and the free flow of information on the Internet “in a manner that respects the rights of others and the rule of law”.

Delivered by Ayesha Hassan, ICC BASIS Thank you Chair. My name is Ayesha Hassan. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute today on behalf of the International Chamber of Commerce and its Business Action to Support the Information Society initiative. ICC BASIS includes companies and business as

The following ICC BASIS interventions and those of fellow business representatives are extracted from the real-time captioning taken during the 15 May 2012 open consultations of the IGF. Although it is largely accurate, in some cases it may be incomplete, or inaccurate due to inaudible passages or transcription

John Davies, Intel, ICC BASIS member

Technologies and services such as cloud computing, social media and mobile Internet have created a fresh new set of policy challenges that will only be effectively addressed if all relevant stakeholders work together on an equal footing.

Remarks by Herbert Heitmann, Chair ICC’s Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms, Executive Vice President, External Communications, Royal Dutch Shell